As a queer academic and a trauma survivor, digital spaces have often been my go-to areas for support, recovery, and community. My process of “coming out” as both queer and a survivor was largely supported through Tumblr, while I also turned to Twitter for conversations about what those identities might mean as a researcher and where to find support while navigating academia. Because of this experience, I want to use my time in the Digital Rhetoric Collaborative to continue these conversations, considering what a digital community can do as well as what forms and possibilities it offers. I’m particularly interested…
Author: Jason Tham
Lauren Brentnell
Jason is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication at the University of Minnesota––Twin Cities. His current research focuses on making and design thinking in writing pedagogy, multimodality, and emerging technologies such as wearables and mixed reality.